Improved animal-trap



To all whom/it may con-cern.-

` ""Meadville, in the countyof trap is sprung l this rod gaat einen. i

FRANCIS FOX, 0F MEADVILLE, rENNsYLvANiA.

l i. Letters Patent No. 104,570, dated June 21, 1870.

` The` Schedule 'referred toiiu` y Be it known that I, FRANCIS Fox,ofthe city of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew'and improved Trap; and I do hereby declare that the following y is afull andgexaetdescription 4of' the same, reference i l being had to theaccompanying drawing, and the leti ters of reference marked'thereou.

` Figure lis a perspective view of thc trap, when the f same is sprung.

A isa cylinderof` tin or Iother metal, with a door, B,

in the side thereof.

i F is a bottom-board. y C C, a bail of wire passing,r through holes inthe cyl-` y inderA,aud the ends thereof driven intothe bottomboard li,as is better shownat g.f2.

Dls a rod or wire hung `on the bail O like the l tongue of a buckle. i

E `is a stop on the top of the cylinder, and when the drops down iu theposition shown in iig. 1, and thereby'fastens the cylinder downsecurely, to prevent the escape of `the animal caught inthe trap.' a l yl The topof the cylinder A"is perforated with holes,

to let the air pass out as thejeylinder falls, Y

theseietters-Pateni: and making part ci the same.

l Figure 2 represents my trap when it is setl v In the center of thebottom F is a wire, G,l1nng, by a staple, to the bottom F. U

H is a wire attached to the center of the top of the cylinder A.

Both Gand H are led nearly to a point-at M. To set the trap, thecylinder Ais raised up to the position shown in iig. 2. l

The bait is placed on the -wire G, and rests on the flange fi. The wireG is then placed under the wire H, which supports the cylinder A in theposition shown. Itis very obvious that the least disturbance of the baitwill cause `the cylinder to fall..

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desireto secure d and wires G and H,when constructed and ar'` ranged to operate as herein described,fortliepurposes specified.

FRANCIS FOX.

Witnesses:

A. B. RICHMOND, Ron REIsINGnn.

